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#BlackLivesMatter: Starbucks CEO Wants Open Dialog About Race With Employees

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  Now here’s something you don’t see in corporate America. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wants to open talks with his employees in the wake of…

#BlackLivesMatter: Starbucks CEO Wants Open Dialog About Race With Employees

St. Louis Prosecutor Admits Witnesses Lied Under Oath & We’re Like You Still Have A Job? (VIDEO)

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A month after a grand jury decided not to indict former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown, St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney…

St. Louis Prosecutor Admits Witnesses Lied Under Oath & We’re Like You Still Have A Job? (VIDEO)

Samuel L. Jackson Challenges Celebs To Sing Out Against Police Racism

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      Samuel L. Jackson is requesting celebrities to put up or shut up with violence against blacks involving racist police officers. Jackson created a video message…

Samuel L. Jackson Challenges Celebs To Sing Out Against Police Racism

Thousands March In New York & D.C. Against Police Brutality

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Countless people of all races took to the streets in New York and Washington, D.C., to protest police brutality today. While they were walking under…

Thousands March In New York & D.C. Against Police Brutality

Staffers Walk Out Of Congress In Protest

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In protest if Michael Brown and Eric Garner.  A dozen staffers walk out.  This is powerful!!

Staffers Walk Out Of Congress In Protest

New Music: Novel Dedicates “Letter To The Badge” To Mike Brown And Eric Garner [Audio]

Props to R&B singer/songwriter Novel for tackling the issue of these police out here murdering black men ! Check out his new song, “Letter To The Badge” which is dedicated to Michael Brown and Eric Garner: We hate that we’re still fighting this injustice after all these years, but it’s great to see all these musicians using their talent to speak on social issues.

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New Music: Novel Dedicates “Letter To The Badge” To Mike Brown And Eric Garner [Audio]

#BlackOutFriday Makes An Impact As Black Friday Sales Drop

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The holiday season has not gotten off to a happy start for retailers as Black Friday sales have dropped since year. The numbers are not…

#BlackOutFriday Makes An Impact As Black Friday Sales Drop

Broadway Stands Up For Ferguson, Mike Brown In Times Square [VIDEO]

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Amidst the bright lights of Broadway and the glitz and glamor of New York City’s Times Square one man has garnered the attention of a…

Broadway Stands Up For Ferguson, Mike Brown In Times Square [VIDEO]

Surprise, Surprise: Darren Wilson Was Once An Officer On A Police Force Disbanded For Being Racist

  Gee…what a shocker. Well no wonder he thinks he’s well within his right to shoot and kill unarmed Black kids…he’s been at this for a while. The entire police force he served on before Ferguson, MO was FIRED by the city for their racist practices and use of excessive force. Via NYDN : The white cop who killed unarmed black teen Michael Brown on Aug. 9 was once part of a Missouri police force that was disbanded over racial tensions in the community it served. Officer Darren Wilson was a member of the 45-employee Jennings, Mo., Police Department that was fired by its city council in 2011 and replaced by St. Louis County Police, the Washington Post reported. Wilson, 28, didn’t rack up any disciplinary issues during his tenure in Jennings, but the nearly all-white police force came under fire for its poor relations with the predominantly black community. “The straw that broke the camel’s back — an officer shot at a (black) female,” Rodney Epps, a Jennings city council member, told the newspaper. “She was stopped for a traffic violation. She had a child in the back (of the) car and was probably worried about getting locked up. And this officer chased her down Highway 70, past city limits, and took a shot at her. Just ridiculous,” Epps said. A black Jennings resident, Cassandra Fuller, said cops beat her in 2009 on her front porch after she joked about a car that crashed into her van in front of her house. “It’s like a horror story in my mind,” she said. “I never thought police would pull me off my porch and beat me to the ground, for just laughing,” said Fuller, who sued the department. Wilson, who was raised in Texas, was among the officers given the chance to reapply for their jobs, but he left Jennings for the nearby Ferguson Police Department. Of course he faced no disciplinary action while on that old force…he damn sure hasn’t faced any now after killing a child. There’s no telling what else he took part in in Jennings before taking his radical force and racist attitudes to Ferguson. SMH.

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Surprise, Surprise: Darren Wilson Was Once An Officer On A Police Force Disbanded For Being Racist

Trayvon Martin’s Parents And Mike Brown’s Father Prayed Together At A Flo-Rida Gospel Concert

Trayvon Martin’s parents pray with Michael Brown’s father at a Flo-Rida-hosted gospel concert event.

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Trayvon Martin’s Parents And Mike Brown’s Father Prayed Together At A Flo-Rida Gospel Concert